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by Alan Hoskins
Kansas City Kansas Community College’s first women’s soccer recruit for 2016 is a 6-foot defender from Leavenworth High School, Brenna Stoffle.
“Brenna is very versatile, a flex-type player who can play defense, midfield or forward,” said KCKCC coach Jeremy Wizner . “She meshes very well with teammates, moves the ball and is a real asset capable of all-conference recognition if she continues to improve over the summer.”
Several Veterans Day events are planned in the area.
Last Saturday, Nov. 7, the Wyandotte County Veterans Day Commemoration was held at the Salvation Army Harbor Light Village at 67th and State Avenue, Kansas City, Kan. For a story and photos from the event, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/vietnam-veterans-honored-at-veterans-day-commemoration/.
Bus fares free on Nov. 11 to veterans
According to an announcement, bus fares will be free to veterans on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. To honor area veterans, KCATA, Johnson County, Unified Government Transit and IndeBus will offer free fares to veterans on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Veterans should show their Department of Veterans Affairs VIC (Veterans Identification Card), United States Uniformed Services Identification Card or a Missouri or Kansas driver’s license or state-issued identification card displaying “Veteran” on the back of the license.
6th annual KCKCC Veterans Speak program
Veteran students, faculty and staff will look at their experiences as a veteran briefly, and then entertain a few questions from the student audience from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Jewell Student Center, Room 2325, KCKCC, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
On the program are Officer Robert Blanchard, a campus police officer, and Alan Van Hoozer, a KCKCC student. The group plans to discuss the POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony and history about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in Washington, D.C. The event is sponsored by Students for Global Peace, Ralph Bunche Society, Intercultural Center and the KCKCC Library.
Leavenworth Veterans Day parade scheduled Wednesday
The 96th annual Leavenworth Veterans Day parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11 in downtown Leavenworth.
This year’s parade theme is “Honoring All Who Served in Times of War and in Times of Peace.”
More than 250 participants have been invited to participate with more than 175 committed entries. The 2015 Parade Grand Marshal is Vietnam Navy veteran N. Dan Smith representing Disabled American Veterans Chapter 7, with parade chairman Vietnam Navy veteran Larry Burns, representing American Legion Byron H. Mehl Post 23. With this being the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, this parade is dedicated to the many Vietnam War veterans with appearance from the Centaurs, Troop D (Air) 3rd Squadron, 4th Cav, and Troop F (Air) 4th Cav, in Vietnam from March 1967-February 1973, Manhattan, Kan. Navy Band Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Ill., will be marching in parade and will also give a free concert performance, open to the public, at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at Fort Leavenworth Post Theater.
The Washington High School Air Force JROTC from Kansas City, Kan., will be participating in the Leavenworth parade.
The parade will start at 4th and Cherokee Street and will go through downtown Leavenworth, east to Esplanade, north to Delaware, south to Cherokee, and will end at 5th and Cherokee Street, Leavenworth. For more information, see http://www.lvvetsparade.com/.
Johnson County to hold Veterans Day observance
Johnson County will honor all war veterans at its annual Veterans Day observance. Special recognition is planned for World War II veterans in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the ending of that war, and for Vietnam veterans in celebrating the 40th anniversary of when that war ended. About 50 World War II and 35 Vietnam veterans are expected to be in attendance.
Johnson County’s Veterans Day observance takes place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Lenexa National Guard Armory, at 18200 W. 87th St. Parkway in Lenexa, Kan. This year’s speakers include Brig. Gen. Victor Braden, with the Kansas National Guard and U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts. U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-3rd Dist., also is expected to attend the Johnson County Veterans Day observance.
Ceremony to be held at Veterans Memorial
The Rev. Peter Jaramillo, a military chaplain who is the pastor of Holy Family, St. John the Baptist and St. Mary-St. Anthony churches in Kansas City, Kan., will give a tribute to veterans at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Veterans Memorial, Resurrection Cemetery, 83rd and Quivira, Lenexa, Kan. There will be a flag-raising ceremony. Music will be by the American Legion Band at 1:30 p.m.
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., today launched an online petition for citizens to express opposition to the president’s plan to use executive action to close Guantanamo Bay and transfer terrorists detained there to the mainland United States.
Roberts has said the president is ignoring the security concerns of the American people and laws passed by Congress. Roberts will share the online petition with the White House. He wants to ensure the frustrations of those who believe relocating terrorists to the mainland is a threat to national security are heard, according to a statement.
Recently, there were meetings held in Leavenworth, Kan., to oppose the transfer of prisoners to Ft. Leavenworth’s prison.
“Relocating terrorists to the mainland will paint a target on the American communities forced to house these detainees,” Roberts said. “Homegrown terrorists, associates of the detainees and those wishing to attack a high-value and symbolic target will now have an opportunity right in our backyard.
“The White House has said closing Guantanamo will remove a major recruitment tool for our adversaries. I couldn’t disagree more. Moving them to the mainland simply provides them with a more valuable and significant target on American soil.
“The president has proven he will act in the absence of congressional action to fulfill his campaign promises, but the Congress has decisively acted again and again to explicitly block the transfer of terrorists to the mainland.
“Earlier today, the Senate approved the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Bill which explicitly prohibits President Obama from transferring detainees to the mainland with a vote of 91-3. The legislation now goes to the President where he is expected to sign it into law, yet he still will not rule out ignoring this law and using an executive order to close GITMO.
“I have started an online petition to show the president that he cannot ignore the Congress, and he cannot ignore the American people, especially Kansans, who have very real fears about this security risk being forced into their communities.”
The petition is located at http://roberts.senate.gov/take-action-gitmo/.
